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title: "2. Solicitations Portal Overview"
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# 2. Solicitations Portal Overview

**COBBLESTONE SOFTWARE**

Contract Insight — User Guide

**2. Solicitations Portal Overview**

*Module: Solicitations › Solicitation Portal › 2. Solicitations Portal Overview*

**Note:** Each procedure in this guide begins at the Contract Insight homepage, so any section can be followed on its own. Custom fields are configurable, so the exact field list on a contract category record may vary between environments.

# 1. Overview

This legacy page's own body content was unavailable even in the source wiki, so this entry grounds it against the confirmed live equivalents instead of a lost original. The external-facing Solicitations Portal is part of the **Vendor/Client Gateway** (VCG), whose overview and navigation are covered in this guide's **Vendor/Client Gateway** module ("Solicitations Portal Introduction" and "Navigating the Solicitations Portal"). What is specific to this wave's review: every solicitation record carries a **GatewayURL** field (e.g. pointing to vendorclientgatewaySolicitationSearch.aspx), and Administration > **Vendor/Client Gateway** (VCG) > **Settings** has dedicated toggles governing solicitation visibility on the portal, including **Allow Solicitations Calendar Buttons** (On) and **Allow Viewing of Interested Parties** (Off in this environment), confirming the portal-side solicitation experience is still actively configurable.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/image-1789494171865.png)Vendor/Client Gateway Setting

# 2. Key Elements

- See this guide's **Vendor/Client Gateway** module for the full portal overview and navigation topics
- Every solicitation's Record Details includes a **GatewayURL** field pointing to its public/portal search page
- Administration > **Vendor/Client Gateway** (VCG) > **Settings** > **Allow Solicitations Calendar Buttons** controls whether calendar download buttons show on solicitation records viewed via the portal
- **Allow Viewing of Interested Parties** controls whether a Gateway user can see the list of Respondents on a solicitation (Off by default in this environment)